As you have likely already discovered, LensChat has had a major upgrade as we come to the end of May 2025. Our previous chat software version was years out of date. It was requiring us to maintain an older server configuration with older plugins that were not compatible with the newer versions.

The time finally came where I felt it was important for us to get up-to-date with our software for security and performance reasons. Plus, eventually, the new version will likely allow us to explore some new features in the coming months.

I have spent a lot of time writing custom code to try to bring back some of the features and methods of the previous version. For example, clicking on a username in the right column (or Users tab on mobile) will trigger a new Private Message window for them. That was not default behavior of the new plugin. I also added an Info button to the right of the username that opens their profile, if they have one.

I also had to custom program a method of opening the correct Channel if you visit a direct Channel URL, for example, clicking on BracesChat on the home page will now open the BracesChat channel by default.

I know things are likely different than they were, and change can be hard, but please have some patience as we continue making adjustments. If you have any specific feedback about a wished for feature or if something is not working as expected, please use the Feedback link and give me all of the details of what it is doing, and what you want it to do instead.